Chag HaBanot 3701 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7462

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7462 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 3698 1 Tevet 7459
Chag HaBanot 3700 30 Kislev 7460
Chag HaBanot 3700 30 Kislev 7461
Chag HaBanot 3701 1 Tevet 7462
Chag HaBanot 3702 30 Kislev 7463
Chag HaBanot 3703 30 Kislev 7464
Chag HaBanot 3704 30 Kislev 7465
Chag HaBanot 3705 1 Tevet 7466

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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